and Answers
Metaphors compare two unlike objects without the words "like" or "as." - answer T
An example of alliteration would be
____________________________________________. - answer "claps, crude,
crook"
An example of imagery would be ________________________________________. -
answer "sun sparkles on wave tips"
An example of a metaphor is "Mabel sings like a gate with a rusty hinge." - answer F
APPLICATION: Name the literary device:
"ticker, bicker, dicker" - answer rhyme
This literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as." - answer simile
This literary device exaggerates for effect. - answer hyperbole
Imagery is the picture in the reader's minds because of careful selection of sensory
words. - answer T
An example of personification is "The angry waves beat the sand dunes in a rage." -
answer T
Free-verse is a poem written without a regular form or rhythm but only natural speech
rhythms. - answer T
APPLICATION: Identify the literary device.
"Oh Quiz, you give me such a headache! I wish you were finished torturing me!" -
answer Apostrophe
If a girl is writing a poem addressing Cupid to get him to make her boyfriend propose
marriage, one would choose a diamante poem because it is shaped like a diamond
engagement ring. - answer F
Of the two poem types, which one must adhere to a specific structure: apostrophe or
cinquain? - answer Cinquain
A composition similar to a "letter" written to someone is an _______. - answer
epistolary